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Quilting: Grandmothers Flower Garden
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Grandmothers Flower Garden

Pattern Info

Pattern info for this project can be found here:
I have no idea where the pattern came from, maybe just a newspaper or some other material was used.
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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Children

Materials

This is all cotton. It was hand pieced by my Aunt from scraps of my Grandmother's dress & apron materials. The background is sugar sacks. It was given to me by my Aunt to finish. I hand quilted it and bound it and gave it to my daughter. I call it my learning quilt because after quilting half of it, my Mother showed me a better way and I ended up tearing out the fist half of the quilting and redoing it . I was much happier with the results.

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sewandsewsumore on craftsy.com
sewandsewsumore
Jan 07, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
fabulous ....I've done a sample piece by English Paper Piecing method...and it'still just a sample size. You are definitly to be commended!
Linnee on craftsy.com
Linnee
Dec 07, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
It is indeed lovely! I too am making a GFG quilt, but it will be a modified version... thirty-six flowers on 12" white squares, alternating with thirty-six 12" white squares with colorful machine embroidered designs. The reason: I'm a 'young' 57-year-old, but my hexagons are only 1"... if I try to make an entire quilt, I MAY die first:-). I may attempt a real one when this one is done, but with larger hexagons. Say...4" !!!
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angel3maw231807
Sep 24, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
I am also making a Grandmother's flower garden quilt with 2.5" sqs. It will eventually be a full/queen size(one day). I have 5 rows done sofar
NEEDLEWORKS on craftsy.com
NEEDLEWORKS
Sep 23, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Thanks for the offer of fabric, however 2.5 inch squares will not work as I print mine off computer software that I got from Inklingo. It is software I purched.
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dottyeb
Sep 04, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Just gorgeous. I am in the process of hand piecing a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt. Each 'flower' is in shades of pink. I have two done by my grandmother, but wanted to make one for myself. Currently I have 42 blocks finished. Hopefully I will get it done before I die. Being 71 years old, it does put the pressure on me. lol Your quilting is lovely and the piecing is beautifully done. Thanks for sharing it.
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NEEDLEWORKS
Sep 06, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
I too am 71 and hand piecing my own Grandmothers Flower Garden. I have the flowers all finished, just need to put it together when I decide how I am going to do that. :
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dottyeb
Sep 06, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
Cool!! If start another one, let me know. I have scads of 2-1/2" squares that I would gladly share with you. Good luck with putting yours together. I hope to assemble mine with the green diamonds as the connector 'garden path'. It will be some time before I get to that point.

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